Delivery-receptacle.



E. BRACHMAN.

DELIVERY RECEPTACLE.

APPLICATIDN men ()CT. 25, 1915.

Patehted Sept. 12, 1916.

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ELIAS BRACHIVIAN, OF CLEVIl-EIIZJ11\T.D, OHIO, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF T0 SAMUEL BRACHMAN, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

DELIVERY-RECEPTACLE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept, 12, 1916.

Application filed October 25, 1915. Serial No. 57,687.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ELIAs BRACI-IMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements: in Delivery-Receptacles, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a delivery receptacle for household use, and the invention comprises a compartmented box adapted to be fastened in front of and beneath a window sill in working connection with a window sash and screen so that deliveries of merchandise may be safely received and housed in the absence of the occupant of the house and made accessible from the house only upon raising the window sash and screen.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the receptacle mounted in working connection with a window. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the keeper which is fastened to the window sash and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the locking arm which is detachably engaged by the keeper. Fig. 4 is a cross section of a part of a window frame and my improved receptacle. Fig. 5 is a modified form of the locking arm.

The compartmented receptacle or box 2 is provided with a rear strip 3 through which screws A may be passed to fasten the box upon a wall 5 beneath a projective window sill 6, and a corner notch 7 in each end wall of the box accommodates any ordinary variation in size or overhang of the sill 6. A trough 8 is adj ustably secured at its ends to the inner sides of the end walls of the box opposite the notches 7 so that these openings are practically closed except at the ends of the trough which is used ex-.

pressly to catch and carry off any dirt or water discharged from the sloping sill G. Screws and nuts 9 and slots 10 and 11 in the box and trough ends yield all the adjustment necessary to place the trough in proper working relations with the sill.

A lid '12 having a glass covered sight opening 18 is hinged at the upper front corner 14 of the receptacle and the lid is free to lift from the sill, but entrance to the receptacle by this path is absolutely prevented when the window sash 15 and slidable screen 16 are down, especially when the sash is locked in its frame in the ordinary manner. That is, the lid is locked down by a forked arm 17 having a wedge-shaped base upper portion of base 18 and the keeper plate 19. Such fastening is resorted to when no window screen 16 is in place within the window frame, but, otherwise, the keeper i is free to disengage itself from the base of the arm when the window sash is raised. In this latter event, the screen 16 remains down in engaging relations with the locking arm 17, and preferably the arm is secured to the screen by screws extending through openings in the ears 23, or a flange 24E extending from the arm, see Figs. 3, 4 and 5. The bottom cross piece of the screen may be notched at 25 to receive the arm, or merely seated thereupon as made obvious by the use of a flange 24 as shown in Fig. 5. In view of the resistance often encountered in raising both the sash and screen together, I prefer to secure the arm to the window sash in the separable manner as shown and described so that the window sash may be raised independently of the screen but nevertheless so that interlocking engagement will always occur to prevent the raising of the arm when the sash is down in a closed position. In this way access to the interior of the receptacle can only be gained from the top thereof by successively raising the sash and screen, and the lid.

Delivery of the articles to the receptacle is through a. hinged door 25 at the front thereby,'in this way keeping the hook and catch out of engaging relations, but when an article is delivered upon the bottom and the door closed the catch and hook effect self-locking until the article is removed through the lid opening.

What I claim is 1. A delivery receptacle having a door and a lid, in combination with a window sash having an arm in rigid connection therewith and extending therefrom in contacting relations with said lid.

2. A delivery receptacle having a door and a lid, in combination with a window sash having a keeper and an arm having a flaring base separably engaged with said keeper.

3. A delivery receptacle having a door and a lid, in combination with a Window sashanda window screen and a locking arm for said lid engaged with the bottom portion of both said sash and screen.

4. A delivery receptacle having a lid, in combination with a window sash and a screen, an arm fixed to said screen extending over said lid and means upon said window sash to hold said arm from moving Copies of this patent may be obtained for upward when the window sash is down and closed.

5. In combination, a delivery receptacle having a lid, a window sash having a keeper and means to fasten said keeper upon said sash, and an arm extending over said lid having a wedge base separably engaged with said keeper in covering position over said fastening means.

6. In combination, a deliverv receptacle having a lid, a window sash and a screen, an arm extending over said lid, means to afiix said arm to said screen, and a keeper secured to said sash in detachable interlocking connection with said arm.

7. A delivery receptacle having a hinged lid, in combination with a locking arm for said lid having a forked extremity and a wedge-shaped base, and a wedging keeper for said base adapted to be fastened to a window sash.

I11 testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELIAS BRACHMAN. Witnesses R. B. MOSER, GEO. E. KnroKnR.

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